Hello all and thanks for sticking around as November turned into another of those blindingly busy months. The height of it would be my getting to that Thanksgiving parade which got an actual thunderstorm squall dumped on it. I don't know if there's video of it on the Internet but if you can find the last ten minutes of Lansing's Silver Bells In The City 2016 Parade you should definitely watch it. And then imagine being in it. Because it was awesome and you're going to love what you see. Promise.
But now to clean up the business of the last Caption Competition. Who won? Everyone but Travis Mayweather, of course. But more specifically:
Winning the Thanks of Lynx Over in the Voyager Forum:
Winning The Jane Jacobs Award For Building This City on Rock-And-Roll:
Earning our appreciation for showing How to Recognize Different Actors-Turned-Directors From Quite A Long Way Away:
Reminding us to never start translating something you don't want to read:
Winning the 'Oh Yeah, November Was A Heck Of A Month' pennant:
And bringing home a precious Secret Decoder Pin, Not Ring, Because We're Fighting Back Against Inaccurate Depictions of Old-Time Radio Promotional Items As If That Were Something That Needed Doing:
And finally the Intelligence Memorandum Reminding You To Read Your Intelligence Memoranda About The Stupid Planet document with gold-highlighted paragraphs goes to:
And now I look ahead to a much less busy month, one that won't take me away from recreational activities like TrekBBS nearly so much, what with it only having Christmas, two pinball tournaments, and a work trip on the agenda. Here for your riffing pleasure, scenes from one of those episodes I just forget exists even though it was apparently filmed in my elementary school's art room, Detained:
Thanks to all for reading, writing, and whatever it is the rest of you do!
But now to clean up the business of the last Caption Competition. Who won? Everyone but Travis Mayweather, of course. But more specifically:
Winning the Thanks of Lynx Over in the Voyager Forum:

Trip: "So, what's your name?"
Girl: "Kes."
Winning The Jane Jacobs Award For Building This City on Rock-And-Roll:

T'POL: "My apologies for interrupting the filming of your music video. Lower the weapon."
Earning our appreciation for showing How to Recognize Different Actors-Turned-Directors From Quite A Long Way Away:

Jolene: I'm relieved Beltran isn't directing this episode. We won't be able to notice him on this set even if we tried.
Reminding us to never start translating something you don't want to read:

"'If you can read this, you're a-' - HEY!"
Winning the 'Oh Yeah, November Was A Heck Of A Month' pennant:

Girl: (laughs) No, really. The CUBS?!?
And bringing home a precious Secret Decoder Pin, Not Ring, Because We're Fighting Back Against Inaccurate Depictions of Old-Time Radio Promotional Items As If That Were Something That Needed Doing:

T'Pol: "Drink ... more ... Ovaltine."
And finally the Intelligence Memorandum Reminding You To Read Your Intelligence Memoranda About The Stupid Planet document with gold-highlighted paragraphs goes to:

T'POL: I was unaware this world was clothing optional.
And now I look ahead to a much less busy month, one that won't take me away from recreational activities like TrekBBS nearly so much, what with it only having Christmas, two pinball tournaments, and a work trip on the agenda. Here for your riffing pleasure, scenes from one of those episodes I just forget exists even though it was apparently filmed in my elementary school's art room, Detained:







Thanks to all for reading, writing, and whatever it is the rest of you do!